Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

that time; that moment

• “we will arrive before then”
• “we were friends from then on”

at a specific prior time

• “the then president”

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

• “then he left”
• “go left first, then right”
• “first came lightning, then thunder”
• “we watched the late movie and then went to bed”
• “and so home and to bed”

in that case or as a consequence

• “if he didn't take it, then who did?”
• “keep it then if you want to”
• “the case, then, is closed”
• “you've made up your mind then?”
• “then you'll be rich”

at that time

• “I was young then”
• “prices were lower back then”
• “science as it was then taught”